The first soccer game I ever attended in person was a playoff game in Frisco against Real Salt Lake in the fall of 2010.
I had already been watching FCD for the second half of the season following the World Cup, and the playoff ticket deal was too good to pass up. Man, what a fun lineup we had that year that carried us to the MLS Cup Final. David Ferreira. George John. Dax McCarty. Brek Shea. Kevin Hartman. And then, this scrawny kid that FC Dallas drafted would pop in off the bench - a young, hungry Eric Avila who had the occasional tendency for a dramatic moment or two.